The Running Care app offers personalized support to runners in the event of pain or injury photo credit: Shutterstock
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Launched in 2018, the Running Care app combines sport and health by helping runners prevent and manage potential pain or injury. PremedIT, the start-up that created the application, now wants to accelerate its development, in particular by expanding its solution to other sports. This dynamism testifies to the boom in e-health.
Running Care, “Health Guardian Angel”
Easy to practice, inexpensive in equipment, running has more and more followers. 12 million French people practice running, and half of them are injured each year. To better inform runners about the risks and support them in the event of pain or injury, the start-up PremedIT has launched Running Care, the first e-health application entirely designed by sports doctors. Dedicated to trauma and pathologies linked to running, Running Care is intended to complement running apps and watches.
A certified medical device application
In 2020, PremedIT launched a new version of its application, certified as a medical device. Runners can get a medical check-up and get a reliable diagnosis. They have access to personalized self-rehabilitation programs for pain and injuries, as well as content prepared and validated by professionals in medicine, science and sports psychology. The application now attracts more than 85,000 runners.
At the crossroads between HealthTech and SporTech
With its expertise in cutting-edge and certified digital health, PremedIT now wants to go further, in particular by extending the solution to other sports and by targeting the international market. “Our ambition is to create bridges between the sport and health sectors” explains Jérôme Galerne, co-founder and CEO of the start-up, who wishes “to provide innovative solutions to support physical and sporting practice”. To do this, PremedIT aims to raise 600,000 euros, including 200,000 euros in convertible shares contributed by historical investors, and 400,000 euros from individuals via the participatory investment platform Sowefund.
Digital health is on the rise
Between January and March 2020, digital health startups raised a total of $ 8.2 billion worldwide, up 76% from the first quarter of 2019 according to data provider Preqin. This dynamism benefits in particular personalized medicine applications. The French start-up Nabla, which raised funds of 17 million euros in early 2021, launched its application dedicated to women’s health which allows direct communication with health professionals. It aims to extend its offer to teleconsultation. A niche on which surfs the insurance company Alan, who announced in April to have raised 185 million euros, intended to build a “super app” of health.
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